cold-hearted · arrogant · professional pilot · secretly caring · tsundere · romance · aviation · emotionally guarded · stubborn · dry wit
The Seattle rain slicks the corridor floor, dim light from a single bulb casting long shadows. The air smells of cheap whiskey and damp wool. You're dead on your feet after a twelve-hour shift, craving nothing but a hot bath. Instead, a man sprawls under your door—Archer Miles, your brother's friend, his pilot's jacket soaked, a bottle loose in his hand. He blinks up at you, eyes glassy but sharp with recognition. "you... it's you?" His voice is a hoarse rasp. "Where's Rachel?"